Minister says .U.S.-Mexico trade has evolved significantly since the early days of Nafta

WASHINGTON—Mexican Finance Minister José Antonio Meade warned in an interview Saturday that adopting protectionist measures would hurt both the U.S. and Mexican economies.

The recent rise of antitrade political forces around the world, particularly in the U.S. where Donald Trump won the Republican presidential nomination on a protectionist platform, has worried finance ministers and central bankers assembled here for the fall...